" ... Now I give you something that few think about: What do you think the Internet is all about, historically? Citizens of all the countries on Earth can talk to one another without electronic borders. The young people of those nations can all see each other, talk to each other, and express opinions. No matter what the country does to suppress it, they're doing it anyway. They are putting together a network of consciousness, of oneness, a multicultural consciousness. It's here to stay. It's part of the new energy. The young people know it and are leading the way.... "

" ... I gave you a prophecy more than 10 years ago. I told you there would come a day when everyone could talk to everyone and, therefore, there could be no conspiracy. For conspiracy depends on separation and secrecy - something hiding in the dark that only a few know about. Seen the news lately? What is happening? Could it be that there is a new paradigm happening that seems to go against history?... "Read More …. "The End of History"- Nov 20, 2010 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll)

Have you seen innovation and invention in the past decade that required thinking out of the box of an old reality? Indeed, you have. I can't tell you what's coming, because you haven't thought of it yet! But the potentials of it are looming large. Let me give you an example, Let us say that 20 years ago, you predicted that there would be something called the Internet on a device you don't really have yet using technology that you can't imagine. You will have full libraries, buildings filled with books, in your hand - a worldwide encyclopedia of everything knowable, with the ability to look it up instantly! Not only that, but that look-up service isn't going to cost a penny! You can call friends and see them on a video screen, and it won't cost a penny! No matter how long you use this service and to what depth you use it, the service itself will be free.

Now, anyone listening to you back then would perhaps have said, "Even if we can believe the technological part, which we think is impossible, everything costs something. There has to be a charge for it! Otherwise, how would they stay in business?" The answer is this: With new invention comes new paradigms of business. You don't know what you don't know, so don't decide in advance what you think is coming based on an old energy world. ..."

Saturday, July 1, 2017

Bundestag passes law to fine social media companies for not deleting hate speech

German
lawmakers have approved a controversial law that would impose high fines on
social media companies like Facebook, Twitter or YouTube for failing to swiftly
delete posts deemed to exhibit hate speech.

Under the
new legislation, social media companies have 24 hours to remove posts that
obviously violate German law and have been reported by other users. In cases
that are more ambiguous, Facebook and other sites have seven days to deal with
the offending post. If they don't comply with the new legislation, the companies could face a fine of up to 50 million euros ($57.1 million).

The law was
passed with votes from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) - Social Democratic
Party (SPD) government coalition. The Left Party in the Bundestag voted against
it, while members of the Greens abstained.

The new
rules are supposed to drastically reduce the number of posts containing hate speech, fake news and terror propaganda on social media. In January and
February 2017, Youtube deleted 90 percent of hate speech videos reported by
users - but Twitter only deleted one percent. Facebook did a little better at
39 percent.

"We do
not accept the fact that companies in Germany do not adhere to the law,"
Justice Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) told public broadcaster ARD in April,
explaining why the new legislation was necessary.

Skeptics
criticize, however, that under the new rules social media managers are the ones
who have to decide whether content complies with German law. They also worry
that freedom of speech will suffer since, in their opinion, companies are
likely to delete many posts just to be on the safe side and avoid fines.

Maas said
the new law didn't curb freedom of speech but was rather a prerequisite for it.
To counter the criticism, the legislation also stipulates the establishment of
an independent regulatory institution to which Facebook and other sites can
pass on content when they're not sure whether it should be deleted.
Investigators there will then make the final decision.

Landmark
legislation in Europe

In addition
to the strict new rules about deletion, the law forces networks to reveal the
identity of those behind the hateful posts and to offer users "an easily
recognizable, directly reachable, and constantly available" complaint
process for "prosecutable content," which includes libel, slander,
defamation, incitement to commit a crime, hate speech against a particular
social group, and threats.

Germany is
the first country in Europe to introduce such clear legal guidelines against
online hate speech.

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"... Now I give you something that few think about: What do you think the Internet is all about, historically? Citizens of all the countries on Earth can talk to one another without electronic borders. The young people of those nations can all see each other, talk to each other, and express opinions. No matter what the country does to suppress it, they're doing it anyway. They are putting together a network of consciousness, of oneness, a multicultural consciousness. It's here to stay. It's part of the new energy. The young people know it and are leading the way.... "

"... I gave you a prophecy more than 10 years ago. I told you there would come a day when "everyone could talk to everyone and, therefore, there could be no conspiracy." For conspiracy depends on separation and secrecy - something hiding in the dark that only a few know about. Seen the news lately? What is happening? Could it be that there is a new paradigm happening that seems to go against history? ..."Read More …. "The End of History"- Nov 20, 2010 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll)